diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+build/
+slangin.hex
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+slangin.hex: build
+	cp ./build/arduino.avr.leonardo/slangin.ino.hex ./slangin.hex
+
+build:
+	arduino-cli compile -b arduino:avr:leonardo -e ./slangin.ino
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./build ./slangin.hex
+
+run: slangin.hex
+	sim_arduboy ./slangin.hex
diff --git a/slangin.ino b/slangin.ino
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+/*
+Hello, World! example
+June 11, 2015
+Copyright (C) 2015 David Martinez
+All rights reserved.
+This code is the most basic barebones code for writing a program for Arduboy.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+*/
+
+#include <Arduboy2.h>
+
+// make an instance of arduboy used for many functions
+Arduboy2 arduboy;
+
+
+// This function runs once in your game.
+// use it for anything that needs to be set only once in your game.
+void setup() {
+  // initiate arduboy instance
+  arduboy.begin();
+
+  // here we set the framerate to 15, we do not need to run at
+  // default 60 and it saves us battery life
+  arduboy.setFrameRate(15);
+}
+
+
+// our main game loop, this runs once every cycle/frame.
+// this is where our game logic goes.
+void loop() {
+  // pause render until it's time for the next frame
+  if (!(arduboy.nextFrame()))
+    return;
+
+  // first we clear our screen to black
+  arduboy.clear();
+
+  // we set our cursor 5 pixels to the right and 10 down from the top
+  // (positions start at 0, 0)
+  arduboy.setCursor(4, 9);
+
+  // then we print to screen what is in the Quotation marks ""
+  arduboy.print(F("Slangin'"));
+
+  // then we finaly we tell the arduboy to display what we just wrote to the display
+  arduboy.display();
+}